Whatever. That was seven years ago, wartime, and the level of spending that the Bush-Cheney Administration wanted was going to be funded by Congress no matter what level of spending the House Majority Whip personally wanted. What’s the guy to do, run counter to the entire GOP political establishment in wartime and vote with Ron Paul, or be a team player?
The spending that the Bush Administration engaged in is irrelevant to the fact that Tom DeLay has been subjected to a blatantly political selective prosecution for moving money to help get republicans elected and participating in redistricting battles, things that democrats have done continually to maintain their majorities necessary to institute socialism gradually over a period of a hundred years.
“Whatever”
Boy, that’s one debate trick I learned always comes from someone that just can’t admit they were wrong. Move the goalpost! Liberals are schooled in that method.
Regardless of the merits or the issue of spending, the fact that Delay did indeed say it just proves you were wrong. No big deal.
Just admit it and then discuss the context. But, frankly, there is always fat in government to cut. Delay, like so many, who say there isn’t is so more concerned with process than reality. They live in vaunted worlds of this program versus that program and this must be funded and never changed versus this needs to be reformed ad nauseum.